PADI Scuba Courses – Learn to Scuba Dive

PADI Scuba Courses – Learn to Scuba Dive with Dan’s Dive Shop

Canada’s Oldest PADI Scuba Diving School S-23

Learn to Scuba Dive and see the world through our eyes.

Scuba Diving is the most unique, freeing, exciting and relaxing sport in the world. Spend your time exploring above and below diving around the world, our country and Ontario underwater – there are tons of great dive sites, exciting wrecks and beautiful aquatic life you’ll discover on our weekly dives, charters, trips and in your travels.

Here is where you can find information on our Discover Scuba and PADI Open Water Diver Courses, as well as PADI ReActivate Scuba Refresher Courses for certified scuba divers.

Students completing their final pool dive on the way to becoming Open Water DDS Divers!

Start Today with our PADI eLearning option and learn at your own pace or book your classroom session with us today with pool to follow and start your journey into the underwater world.

At Dan’s we offer you a more thorough, progressive and modern approach to your scuba diving education, having taught students province and country wide.

Our Approach introduces you the right foundation skills, efficiency, finesse, team diving concepts, while balancing the physical and mental aspects of diving to build upon as you progress through the life long adventure sport of scuba diving.

Doing it Right from Open Water Diver – We teach you finesse, control, trim, comfort anti silting and zero impact techniques Photo: Welland Scuba Park

There is a Difference

Our DDS Divers and Instructors are the most skilled and respected recreational and technical divers in the water.

You’ll notice our divers look different underwater in comparison to the vast majority of the dive population.

You’ll learn how the right equipment configuration and fundamentally sound skills can set the stage for better diving.

Why not learn how to dive smarter not harder? Save yourself time, money and frustration and dive right.

Benefit from learning in the right gear right from the beginning, it improves comfort, streamlining and saves you money.

We realize there are many options for diver training. DDS offers you the highest quality diver education available, never compromising standards, safety or fun.

Diving is the greatest sport in the world. Join our diving family and see the underwater world as a DDS Diver. Sign up Today.

Personal Attention

We don’t believe in giant class sizes as it causes chaos and disorder. We favour small, personalized groups with small student to instructor ratios. This up’s the learning, drops the ratio allowing us to focus on your needs, comfort, safety and enjoyment.

Teaching diving is about quality not quantity, so don’t get “sucked into” a too good to be true $99 base price scuba course. They aren’t quality oriented and they are never the price you see first, which is deceptive.

No one offers a better, more professional, quality oriented scuba program than we do and we prove it time and time again when you get into the water.

DDS Divers offer superior trim, posture, buoyancy, techniques

At Dan’s, You’re more than just a number to us, you’re going to be part of our scuba diving family as a DDS Diver, so we’d like to develop you into the diver we want to dive with, by starting you off right with the proper skills, equipment configuration and knowledge that all divers should be privy to.

Been out of the water a while? ReACTIVATE Your Certification

ReActivate your highest level of certification with a PADI ReActivate Diving Refresher Program and dive with renewed comfort, renewed status and learn some new procedures and techniques while you’re at it.

What Are Others Saying About Us?

Want to get a better feel for the way we teach? Nothing speaks louder when others talk about us: Check out our Testimonials Page.

PADI Recreational Scuba Diving Courses

Ready to try scuba diving?

Have you ever dreamed of breathing underwater? Swimming with giant manta rays off Socorro Island Mexico, or exploring beautiful wooden shipwrecks, giant coral gardens, caverns or caves? Maybe you haven’t thought about where you want to dive, but something is telling you to try it, so this is a good place to start.

We know that scuba diving is the most exciting sport in the world, but don’t take our word for it, give it a try.

Scuba diving is amazing activity you can do anywhere in the world, not just on a tropical vacation. It offers you so many different types of environments and experiences that it is quite easily a life long sport that people engage in year round.

Discover Scuba Diving is an experience building program that gives you a little taste of what its like to swim and breath underwater.

Discover Scuba is not a certification course, but is a good opportunity for prospective divers to experience the sensational world of scuba diving and see if you like it and how to pursue it from here.

Taking your first breath underwater is something you will never forget.

What will you learn?

In this program you’ll learn how to use the basic scuba diving equipment, prepared by our instructional staff for you to use, as well as learning what wearing scuba equipment feels like and how easy it is to move around underwater while wearing it.

Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater and learn whether you can be comfortable underwater.

You’ll learn and have the opportunity to complete some of the basic scuba diving skills after learning some of the basic safety rules that will carry over to your full scuba certification course when you take the next step, which is the Open Water Diver Course.

Its fun, low stress and high energy. Sign up today.

Prerequisites:

Bubble Maker for Children:

Children who are at least 8 years old can use scuba gear to breathe underwater and swim around in shallow water.

Have a party or celebrate a birthday by throwing a memorable, exciting Bubblemaker event with friends and family

Discover Scuba:

Minimum age is 10 years of age

We offer Discover Scuba Diving for individuals, couples, birthday parties, corporate team building, school groups, The Scouts of Canada, Sea Cadets and any other organization interested in experiencing our great sport!

What gear do you need?

Just show up with your bathing suit and towel and we’ll supply all the scuba equipment and your snorkel gear.

How do you start?

Sign up ahead of time in the store and pickup your Discover Scuba Student Passport and Personal Information Sheet.

Prerequisites?

Minimum age is 10 years by PADI standards, however we strongly recommend 12-14 years (Unless accompanied by a parent).

How can you enroll?

Start Today and complete your Open Water Diver Course classroom component on eLearn or Registering now for your full certification scuba diving course in store and picking up your PADI Open Water Crewpak.

Upon successful completion of classroom and pool sessions, students will need to complete an Open Water Diving component usually held over a weekend.

Training Agency:

Additional Details:

Brock is a great option for students wanting a course that is broken up into more bite size parts. The course duration is generally 5-6 weeks Wednesday nights during the spring, fall and winter season, or over 3 weeks Tuesday/Thursdays during the summer season.

Open Water Dives are required for Open Water certification and are included in your full course price and completed locally unless you choose our Open Water Referral Program. Most divers feel more comfortable completing their open water dives with DDS staff after seeing the difference we can make in your diving career.

Group or Private Instruction is available.

Costs:

DDS Progressive Open Water Diver Course $500 + HST includes PADI Open Water Materials, Certification fees, ALL Scuba equipment rentals for pool and open water sessions.

We will supply you with a PIN Number for activation of your PADI eLearning code. Materials include PADI Deluxe Multi-Media Crewpak with Digital Manual, Online Videos, Virtual Dive Table, Dive Computer Simulator and PADI Online Logbook through the PADI app. Please do not purchase PADI eLearning on your own or costs will be higher.

Paper books are still available for a limited time if you’d prefer, however, they’re being phased out in the coming courses.

PADI Open Water Referral Program $350+HST is designed for students who wish to complete certification down south. Includes PADI eLearning, all classroom and pool training, as well as scuba equipment rental for all pool sessions. Please note that your destination will charge you additionally for the certification dives. For this reason many divers often decide to upgrade to our Open Water Checkout Dives Package to complete their open waters with us after seeing just how different and how much more progressive our dive training is.

Being a Progressive Dive Shop who’s been in business for over 40 years we can help in selecting the right store for you to do your referral through, or you can join us on one of our amazing winter trips and certify with us and maintain the same quality, consistency, configuration and techniques that only a select few educators offer world wide.

We also recommend you take our gear down south with you on your trip to maximize your comfort and maintain a positive experience in favour of using old, outdated bcds and regulators that don’t fall within the guidelines of our progressive training style.

PADI Open Water Check Out Dives are ideal for divers who have completed their classroom and pool dives elsewhere or wish to upgrade from our Open Water Referral Program.

If you’re new to DDS and our philosophies we will have you complete an equipment configuration and skills orientation to introduce you to new skills, techniques and gear configuration not covered by your previous training followed by your certification dives. This workshop covers a classroom and in water pool evaluation where you will learn new foundation skills, trim, posture, buoyancy, proper fin kicks and be able to execute them without standing or kneeling on the bottom. Cost is $85.00 +HST.

Cost is only $200 for the open water dives including your certification card, open water dive equipment rental is also included (Backplate, Regulator, Tanks, Dive Computer, Exposure suit with hood, gloves, weights).

Additional Benefits: If you decide to purchase your scuba equipment package from us to use on your pool and open water dives we’ll give you a $100 credit to your next purchase. If you purchase your gear to use for your open water dives we will give you a $50 credit towards your next purchase.

Private and Semi-private courses are also available at a slightly higher cost.

What gear will you need?

All students will need to purchase their own Mask, Strap Fins, Snorkel, Boots, it is also highly recommended to purchase a surface marker and spool, especially if traveling south. You’ll want to buy the right gear, so please have a read through our DDS Student Diver PDF and learn more about the specific gear requirements and training differences we offer.

Financing is available: Finance your course, snorkeling gear and even your scuba equipment package at a very reasonable rate. Ask staff for details and learn diving in the best equipment you can…..your own personal dive gear, or ours.

DDS will include all scuba equipment for the course, however, you will enjoy your diving experience much more in your own personal dive equipment.

Students purchasing their own scuba equipment package from us (regulator, computer, buoyancy system) will be issued a Dan’s Dive Shop Gift Certificate in lieu of using our rental gear. The Gift Card can be used towards your next purchase of training or equipment.

Dan’s is proud to offer the Largest Selection and Best Pricing available on all quality brand name Scuba and Snorkeling Equipment.

Upgrades

For students wishing to be warmer, drier and more comfortable during open water training dives, you can take advantage of diving dry in a DUI drysuit and experience how much more fun and enjoyable drysuit diving is.

Dive Longer, Feel Better, Upgrade your course to an Enriched Air Nitrox Open Water Course

Enriched Air Nitrox Option for students enrolled in the open water program who would like to have more energy between, during and after diving, Nitrox will wake you up and make you feel better and allow you to gain more bottom time staying down longer underwater. Cost is only $150.00+HST includes nitrox manual, specialty certification card, nitrox tank rentals for open water dives.

Where do I go from here?

Here are some popular courses divers are often interested in taking after Open Water.

Prerequisites?

Minimum age is 10 years by PADI standards, however we strongly recommend 12-14 years (Unless accompanied by a parent).

How can you enroll?

Start Today and complete your Open Water Diver Course classroom component on eLearn or Registering now for your full certification scuba diving course in store and picking up your PADI Open Water Crewpak.

Upon successful completion of classroom and pool sessions, students will need to complete an Open Water Diving component usually held over a weekend.

Training Agency:

Additional Details:

Weekend Open Water Dive Courses are a great way to get out and into the water in a quicker period of time, but its an accelerated learning option, where you’ll complete all classroom sessions and pool over 1 full weekend starting on Friday evening and wrapping up Sunday mid afternoon, with a 2nd weekend required for PADI Open Water Certification.

Some students require additional time in the water in the rare event that skills aren’t perfected well enough.

Open Water Dives are required for Open Water certification and are included in your full course price and completed locally unless you choose our Open Water Referral Program. Most divers feel more comfortable completing their open water dives with DDS staff after seeing the difference we can make in your diving career.

Group or Private Instruction is available.

Costs:

DDS Progressive Open Water Diver Course $500 + HST includes PADI Open Water Materials, Certification fees, ALL Scuba equipment rentals for pool and open water sessions.

We will supply you with a PIN Number for activation of your PADI eLearning code. Materials include PADI Deluxe Multi-Media Crewpak with Digital Manual, Online Videos, Virtual Dive Table, Dive Computer Simulator and PADI Online Logbook through the PADI app. Please do not purchase PADI eLearning on your own or costs will be higher.

Paper books are still available for a limited time if you’d prefer, however, they’re being phased out in the coming courses.

PADI Open Water Referral Program $350+HST is designed for students who wish to complete certification down south. Includes PADI eLearning, all classroom and pool training, as well as scuba equipment rental for all pool sessions. Please note that your destination will charge you additionally for the certification dives. For this reason many divers often decide to upgrade to our Open Water Checkout Dives Package to complete their open waters with us after seeing just how different and how much more progressive our dive training is.

Being a Progressive Dive Shop who’s been in business for over 40 years we can help in selecting the right store for you to do your referral through, or you can join us on one of our amazing winter trips and certify with us and maintain the same quality, consistency, configuration and techniques that only a select few educators offer world wide.

We also recommend you take our gear down south with you on your trip to maximize your comfort and maintain a positive experience in favour of using old, outdated bcds and regulators that don’t fall within the guidelines of our progressive training style.

PADI Open Water Check Out Dives are ideal for divers who have completed their classroom and pool dives elsewhere or wish to upgrade from our Open Water Referral Program.

If you’re new to DDS and our philosophies we will have you complete an equipment configuration and skills orientation to introduce you to new skills, techniques and gear configuration not covered by your previous training followed by your certification dives. This workshop covers a classroom and in water pool evaluation where you will learn new foundation skills, trim, posture, buoyancy, proper fin kicks and be able to execute them without standing or kneeling on the bottom. Cost is $85.00 +HST.

Cost is only $200 for the open water dives including your certification card, open water dive equipment rental is also included (Backplate, Regulator, Tanks, Dive Computer, Exposure suit with hood, gloves, weights).

Additional Benefits: If you decide to purchase your scuba equipment package from us to use on your pool and open water dives we’ll give you a $100 credit to your next purchase. If you purchase your gear to use for your open water dives we will give you a $50 credit towards your next purchase.

Private and Semi-private courses are also available at a slightly higher cost.

What gear will you need?

All students will need to purchase their own Mask, Strap Fins, Snorkel, Boots, it is also highly recommended to purchase a surface marker and spool, especially if traveling south. You’ll want to buy the right gear, so please have a read through our DDS Student Diver PDF and learn more about the specific gear requirements and training differences we offer.

Financing is available: Finance your course, snorkeling gear and even your scuba equipment package at a very reasonable rate. Ask staff for details and learn diving in the best equipment you can…..your own personal dive gear, or ours.

DDS will include all scuba equipment for the course, however, you will enjoy your diving experience much more in your own personal dive equipment.

Students purchasing their own scuba equipment package from us (regulator, computer, buoyancy system) will be issued a Dan’s Dive Shop Gift Certificate in lieu of using our rental gear. The Gift Card can be used towards your next purchase of training or equipment.

Dan’s is proud to offer the Largest Selection and Best Pricing available on all quality brand name Scuba and Snorkeling Equipment.

Upgrades

For students wishing to be warmer, drier and more comfortable during open water training dives, students can take advantage of diving dry in a DUI drysuit and experience how much more fun and enjoyable drysuit diving is.

Dive Longer, Feel Better, Upgrade your course to an Enriched Air Nitrox Open Water Course

Enriched Air Nitrox Option for students enrolled in the open water program who would like to have more energy between, during and after diving, Nitrox will wake you up and make you feel better and allow you to gain more bottom time staying down longer underwater. Cost is only $150.00+HST includes nitrox manual, specialty certification card, nitrox tank rentals for open water dives.

Where do I go from here?

Here are some popular courses divers are often interested in taking after Open Water.

ReActivate Your Scuba Diving Certification

Haven’t been scuba diving lately and want a quick refresher? The PADI ReActivate™ program is the perfect way to brush up on your knowledge and skills from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back into the water.

Whether you want a few reminders or need to go over the basics, ReActivate is personalized for you: You conveniently review scuba concepts on your tablet, mobile device or computer, then go diving with a PADI Professional.

Reactivate is quick and easy, and a good way to prepare for your next Scuba Diving Course or get ready for that well deserved scuba diving vacation. The best part is, divers who complete both the knowledge and in-water skill refresher receive a replacement certification card with a ReActivated date on it, so you can dive without hassle as a safer, more aware diver.

Any PADI certified diver who wants a refresher or pre-travel update should ReActivate. Dive shops appreciate seeing a recent ReActivate date on your certification card because it means you’re ready to dive in and don’t have to waste a day in a pool or shallow water re-qualifying yourself…and with us you’re going to even learn some new techniques and information.

If you want to learn more about diving in a new area or in different dive conditions, also ask about completing a Discover Local Diving experience to one of our awesome local dive sites.

ReActivate is a new PADI program, so feel free to sign up for Scuba Tuneup with us Online on eLearning.

What will you learn?

That will depend on how long you’ve been out of the water for or if you’ve been trained by Dan’s Dive shop previously or not.

Don’t be like this diver who is destroying the reef. If you don’t use your skills you will lose them. ReActivate today

Because we offer the most progressive dive training in the country, you’ll learn a lot of techniques that aren’t taught anywhere else, but that help enhance the diving experience, making diving safer through more awareness, more structure, more organization using Sequencing, Air, Depth and Duration or SADD checks, Bubble Checks, Safety Drills, a more progressive equipment configuration focusing on standardization, streamlining and simplicity, horizontal trim, posture, buoyancy, proper balance in the water, use of less weight, proper fin techniques teaching divers how to minimize fin movement and effort while maximizing propulsion without silting or causing any physical damage to the reef or aquatic environment, while offering the diver proper and perfect horizontal trim/posture in the water and making the you more aware of your gear, your buddy, your air gauge and some basic dive rescue skills.

Poor buoyancy and trim result in damage to the aquatic environment due to carelessness and lack of awareness

Using ReActivate Touch (for tablets or mobile devices), you’ll immerse yourself in dive scenarios and make decisions that test your understanding of important dive safety concepts, dive planning essentials and problem management. Move through ReActivate at your own pace and delve deeper into topics when you need or want to.

In the water, your DDS Instructor will help you regain comfort and confidence in scuba diving. You’ll practice a few safety-related skills and then go over anything you specifically want to review and if you haven’t been subjected to more progressive diving, this is the perfect time to start learning how to dive in this millennia.

Contact us today to get ReActivate Touch or ReActivate Online and start working through the scenarios. Or, download the PADI App to your tablet or mobile device (if you haven’t already) and purchase ReActivate Touch to get started immediately. Then, schedule your ReActivate water skills session.

Prerequisites

Open Water Diver or higher who has been inactive for a period of at least 6 months

Divers who have been away from diving for decades should consider taking our full open water course over again. It isn’t a requirement, but you likely are not going to be a progressive diver who has learned finesse and proper trim, posture and equipment configuration. More likely you dive like the “what not to do divers” pictured above. Please consider ReActivating and overhauling your existing knowledge of scuba diving.

To Learn more about Progressive Diving and newer diving techniques, have a look at the NTEC Course Outline and our DDS Student Diver PDF Diving has changed, shouldn’t your skills and knowledge?

Cost:

There are 2 parts to the PADI reActivate program. Part 1 is completed online with a supplied PIN Code for PC or iPad Touch. Cost is $65 for the online portion, which includes your new reActivated PADI certification card re-certifying you at your highest level of certification.

Part 2 is the watermanship skills portion which covers you for a night in the pool with one of our PADI Divemasters , Assistant Instructors or Instructors $85 includes backplate/regulator set/tank and of course instruction and pool time.

What gear will you use?

You’ll use basic scuba gear including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, BCD or learn how to dive with a more progressive diving harness a Backplate and a scuba tank. The exposure protection you need will depend on whether you dive in a pool, confined water or open water dive site. Our staff will explain other equipment you may need to ReActivate.

PADI Discover Local Diving Orientation

The PADI Discover Local Diving Orientation is for any diver looking to participate in diving at a new location or in a different diving environment that is unfamiliar to them or beyond their scope of training.

Who Should Take This Program?

You may remember your PADI Instructor saying, “If you travel to a new location or visit an unfamiliar dive environment, get a local orientation.” Its good advice and easy to do. Just ask the local PADI dive shop for a Discover Local Diving experience. Scuba diving with an experienced local dive professional lets you relax and better enjoy the adventure, which is why we thrive at this sort of activity.

DDS staff will take the time to educate you on the equipment you’ll be using as we fit you with our exclusive gear package for those requiring rentals. From there we’ll travel to a local dive site and work on your weighting, buoyancy and comfort.

Upon completion of dive 1, we’ll do a short surface interval, grab a snack maybe and re-hydrate and likely change location to a more interesting or more challenging site.

Any certified diver who wants to dive in a new area or environment will benefit from not just our experience and knowledge, but also the personal attention we provide our guests with.

For example, if all your diving has been in warm water on coral reefs and you travel to an area with cooler water like the Great Lakes region that requires you to wear a thicker exposure suit, hood, gloves and more, Discover Local Diving is for you.

Or, if the majority of your experience is from dive boats, and you have the chance to do a shore dive with an entry through mild surf, sign up for a Discover Local Diving experience.

Join us for an awesome day of local diving in Ontario. Our local diving sites are rich in number and suitable for divers of any experience level from recreational open water, through advanced, technical and even rebreathers if you participate in some deeper wreck diving in Lake Ontario or Lake Erie. We are blessed to be bordered by 2 of the best wreck diving sites in the world.

Shore Dives are available 7 days a week with at least 2 weeks notice. Feel free to peruse our local dive sites section to find the dives best for you.

Charters are running regularly during the season, however, we do not at this time have our own boat, so they are only available on weekends.

What will you learn?

Our experienced DDS Professional Staff Member will brief you on the dive site conditions, hazards and points of interest, plus describe the aquatic life you’ll see and how to interact responsibly with local creatures. If there are special procedures or techniques used locally, your dive professional will show you what to do to make your scuba dive fun and hassle free.

If you feel like you need a refresher before the dive, ask about doing a Scuba Review.

What gear will you use?

You’ll need your basic scuba setup which includes your mask, snorkel, strap fins, regulator available in choice of Long Hose or Short Hose configuration, choice of Halcyon Infinity Backplate/Wing or traditional jacket buoyancy control device, wrist dive computer and a scuba tank. The exposure protection you use will depend on your overall comfort and experience as we rent both wetsuits and drysuits. Our staff will explain any other equipment you should have.

Many divers after completion of a day of shore diving will also book a boat charter to some of the phenomenal shipwrecks we have in both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Our Cancellation Policy: You may reschedule your class within a 2 week time period. No shows or last minute cancellations will be subject to rescheduling fee. If you can’t do the class, you may transfer your class fees to someone else who can.

PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Course Weeknights Brock University January 2019

Get ready for the Winter Dive Season with your PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Course Weeknights at Brock University and enjoy the fun with Dan’s Dive Shop, Canada’s Oldest, Most Respected Scuba Diving School. The course runs every Wednesday Night starting January 23rd, 2019 from 6:30-10pm over 6 weeks with your Open Water Certification Checkout Dives to follow either away with us on a trip, a referral away South or in the spring when our season resumes.

Learn to scuba dive with one of North America’s most respected, most experienced, most progressive and visionary dive shops. At Dan’s we teach you the right way to dive from day one.

Learn how to Scuba Dive and spend your life exploring local and exotic locations. Dive Ontario and the rest of this amazing world underwater as a DDS Diver. There are tons of great dive sites both locally and away, as well as exciting wrecks and beautiful aquatic life.

At Dan’s we offer you a more thorough and modern approach to your scuba diving education. We believe in teaching you how to maximize your potential and see where the tides take you.

We pride ourselves on offering you a higher level of training aimed at taking you further through the life long adventure sport of scuba diving.

DDS Divers are the most skilled and respected recreational and technical divers in the water because they are taught to be more comfortable, utilize precision buoyancy, possess higher skill and techniques underwater, with more academic and team awareness.

Prerequisites?

Minimum age is 10 years by PADI standards, however we strongly recommend 12-14 years (Unless accompanied by a parent).

How can you enroll?

Complete the academic portions of the PADI Open Water Diver Course and videos at your own pace with eLearning followed by 6 new classroom sessions with your Instructor who will introduce many revolutionary diving concepts not taught in more traditional dive training for a more informative and beneficial dive training experience.

Upon successful completion of classroom and pool sessions, students will need to complete an Open Water Diving component usually held over a weekend.

Training Agency:

Additional Details:

Open Water Dives are required for Open Water certification and are included in your full course price and completed locally.

Scuba courses are available 12 months of the year.

Costs:

PADI Open Water Class/Pool Only $350+HST Full PADI Open Water Certification Course Cost is only $500+HST ALL INCLUSIVE for the standard course with eLearning activation code and PADI Deluxe Multimedia Crewpak (digital dive tables, virtual log book with PADI Scuba Earth and more!). Includes class, pool, open water dives, full scuba equipment rental (no snorkeling gear), certification fees and more.

What gear will you need?

All students will need to purchase their own Mask, Strap Fins, Snorkel, Boots, however many of our students prefer to purchase the rest of their kit too. You’ll want to buy the right gear, so please have a read through our DDS Student Diver PDF and learn more about the specific gear requirements and training differences we offer, as well as some incentives. You don’t need to purchase a weight belt and weights, at DDS we don’t believe in over-weighting our students. Weight belts are an outdated piece of gear that has not been used by us in training since the late 1990’s.Our divers are taught to use little to no weight.

Financing is available: Finance your PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Course, snorkeling gear and even your scuba equipment package at a very reasonable rate. Ask staff for details and learn diving in the best equipment you can…..your own personal dive gear, or ours. DDS will include all scuba equipment for the course, however, you will enjoy your diving experience much more in your own personal dive equipment.

Our Cancellation Policy: You may reschedule your class within a 2 week time period. No shows or last minute cancellations will be subject to rescheduling fee. If you can’t do the class, you may transfer your class fees to someone else who can.

PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Course

PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Course doesn’t love more bottom time to enjoy what we love the most? More Bottom Time! Join us for a midweek PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Course January 26th 9am-5pm.

What will you learn?

Dive Longer, Feel Better, Upgrade your course to an Enriched Air Nitrox Open Water Course

Enriched Air Nitrox is the most interesting academic diving course with a greater understanding of what’s happening to your body: decompression theory, gas laws, physiology, dive planning, managing oxygen exposure and so much more.

Nitrox is a great course for divers who want to learn more about dive science and benefit from a more efficient breathing medium that allows more bottom time, allowing divers to see more, dive more and do more dives per day with shorter surface intervals.

Prerequisites:

Minimum age is 12 years, however, we feel 15 years of age is more suited to the scope of the academics, unless doing a simplified computer based nitrox course.

Take this course as part of your Open Water course or your Advanced Open Water Course.

Training Agency:

Additional Details:

Nitrox is the most popular dive specialty available now on the market. Divers looking to advanced their diving to a more skill and theory oriented style of diving can use Nitrox as a stepping stone towards deeper, more advanced, technical, cave diving applications, as well as rebreather diving.

Diving Nitrox Allows Divers to:

Do more dives per day

Reduce Nitrogen Uptake by reducing the risk of Decompression Illness. By giving your body much needed oxygen to supply tissue/oxygen demands if diving nitrox as air, you on-gass less N2 and increase safety reducing the risk of DCS by up to 46%.

More Bottom Time increasing NO Stop dive limits. * For Example Diving an EAN40 (40% Oxygen/60% Nitrogen) gives a diver 240 min’s of No Decompression time at 60fsw vs. 60ft for 55min’s on regular air diving tables.

Reduce Post Dive Fatigue. No more feeling burned out after air dives. Nitrox will make you feel better and more awake after dives.

At Dan’s we teach the Highest Quality Nitrox Course around. No one has as much experience in the field of mixed gas and technical diving than Dan’s, so learn from the best.

Our facility has been the top nitrox and technical dive training facility since the 1990’s. If you want the most thorough Nitrox training course, ours is the one you’ll want.

In Class Cost: $229.95 with books and certification or $249.95 eLearning Only.

Where can I go from here?

Here are some popular examples of courses commonly taken by graduates of this course:

PADI Equipment Specialist Course

PADI Equipment Specialist Course offers you a look into the world of dive gear maintenance, field repairs and prevention. Have you ever looked at your dive gear and wished you knew how it all worked? You can learn about all the gear you dive with in this care and maintenance course.

Don’t miss a dive due to minor issues with your scuba diving equipment. Whether it’s a missing o-ring, a wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, the PADI Equipment Specialist course teaches you how to minimize issues and safely and efficiently manage basic repairs and adjustments to your gear. You’ll also learn more about how your gear works, making you more comfortable with it and better prepared to take care of your investment.

You’ll learn about routine care and maintenance procedures as well as scuba equipment storage recommendations. We will show you how to overcome some common equipment problems and offer equipment configuration suggestions.

While this courses is not a “repair” course we do show you how to deal with minor repairs to wings, bcd’s, regulators, tanks and more.

Depending on the level of aptitude of the students, we can delve as much or as little into certain subjects, so get involved, ask questions and learn more about your gear today.

Know your gear better and earn this fun and enjoyable certification.

These courses will help you gain more skill and academic proficiency:

Advanced Open Water Diver

Diver Propulsion Vehicle Specialty

Deep Diver

Intro to Tech

O2 Service Technician

PADI DSAT Gas Blender

Enriched Air Nitrox

How to enroll in the PADI Equipment Specialist

Visit our store or email us to enroll in the course. Once you are enrolled we will send you your PADI Equipment Specialist eLearning code. We also recommend The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving to use as a reference during the course as well but it’s an additional item to purchase.

Bring your basic scuba equipment to class and if you like we can take it apart and show you a little bit more about how its made.

If you’re at least 10 years old and certified as a PADI (Junior) Scuba Diver or higher, you can enroll in the Equipment Specialist course.

Florida Springs Trip 2019

Florida Springs Trip 2019 Week 1 is an intensive training week offering expert level training in DPV, Intro to Tech and Cavern Training with Cave & Technical Diving Instructor/Explorer Matt Mandziuk. If you want to be the best diver possible, this trip is life changing and will improve every aspect of your diving.

Don’t miss out on our SIGNATURE TRAINING TRIP in Florida’s beautiful aquifer in the heart of cave country. Spend an exciting week with us earning your Intro to Tech, DPV and Cavern certifications. It’s an intense but incredibly rewarding week filled with lots of diving in some of the most spectacular and unique dive spots in the world.

Read testimonials from past graduates in our Testimonials page and see just how monumental this trip is!

Participate in our NAUI Intro to Tech Class and see that this course is not just for tech divers – it is a foundational skills refinement course that will dial up your control, problem solving and finesse as you dive in any situation. Our DPV course covers the use of one of the most fun and useful exploratory tools – the diver propulsion vehicle, while our Cavern course will build on your Intro to tech skills dovetailing seamlessly into one another, while exposing you to a magic that few divers experience – the cavern zone of beautiful caves.

And if you’re looking for greater challenges, CHECK OUT OUR CAVE 1 AND CAVE 2 courses the following weeks. Call or email the shop for more details and make training with us in Florida next February the best decision of your diving adventures!

Lodging and food is only $550 US (based on a group of 6) Course package is only $650 for Intro to Tech, DPV and Cavern Diver Combination Courses. Sign up today for the most progressive, high skills training experience of your dive career and challenge yourself today.

PADI Divemaster Course 2019

Our PADI Divemaster Course is the first leadership level course in a series of Professional level scuba diving courses within the PADI System of diver education.

Divers will learn advanced dive theory including physics, physiology, decompression theory, dive tables, standards and procedures and more, as well as how to perform dive skills demonstration quality and how to supervise student divers and certified divers.

Prerequisites:

Minimum 18 years old

Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care certified (CPR & First Aid) within the last 24 months

Training Agency:

Dates:

April 2019 for class and pool. Open water and Practical Applications to follow upon successful completion of all pool and academic sessions. Please contact us for a complete schedule of dates and times.

Additional Details:

Becoming a PADI Divemaster is your first step onto the professional diving world’s sidewalk. It is very hands on and covers a wide range of responsibilities and rewards. As a career (or even part time career), divemasters are an essential part of Dan’s Dive shop and are often relied upon by other divers and students. As a divemaster, you not only get to dive a lot, but also experience the joy of seeing others have as much fun diving as you do. You’ll work closely with our instructors and be a role model to students, new divers and customers with the experience in the full spectrum of what recreational diving has to offer.

Some of the skills you’ll develop in your divemaster course and role will involve:

Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers

Diver safety and risk management

Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills

Business of diving and your career

Awareness of the dive environment

Dive setup and management

Mapping an open water site

Conducting dive briefings

Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive

Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course

Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

Candidates will also learn about Physics, Physiology, Decompression Theory, Equipment, Supervision techniques, the aquatic realm, and much more.

How do you get started?

If you’ve got the drive, proper mindset and discipline to succeed in a course of this magnitude, we’d be happy to have you. If you want to go the professional route –contact us at the shop today to see how to get started as a DDS Divemaster and the schedule for this exciting course.

Need a more flexible learning option but want to get started immediately? Sign up today for eLearning and you’ll be able to start learning immediately.With our eLearning option, you cancomplete the academic portions of the course online via the PADI eLearning process. Follow up with the shop to plan out the remainder of your course requirements.

Dive Picton DDS Wreck Diving Adventures 2019

Tech 1 students exploring the shipwreck Katie Eccles in 100′ with Instructor Matt Mandziuk and TSL Grace MarquezTech 1 students working on valve shutdowns near the lake bottom of Lake Ontario.

Dive Picton DDS Wreck Diving Adventures 2019 brings you some of our most beloved and enjoyed dive trips ever, as we embark on a magical weekend diving the best shipwrecks in the greater Picton, Point Traverse, Kingston area.

Nothing brings a dive group together quite as much world class diving and adventure, so we will be offering 2 nights of shared lodging in a back country lodge (similar lay out to our Tobermory Dive Extravaganza), with a great selection of wreck diving and fun!

Trip will include 2 days of morning 2 tank boat dives on some of the best wrecks in the area. Depths range from 80-105′.

PADI Advanced Open Water Certification dives are available on this trip as well for those wishing to complete deep, wreck and boat Adventure dives.

Picton offers some of the most beautiful diving of anywhere in the country. Pristine shipwrecks in crystal clear Lake Ontario water with many artifacts ideal for a photo opportunity, some light penetration and much more.

We will have kitchen facilities, great dining and attractions nearby. We are looking at the possibility of a meal plan, but at this time it’s undecided.

Minimum level of certification would be a diver enrolled in their PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course. More advanced, deep or technical divers are free to join in on the diving and complete a reasonable dive profile within their training and limitations as well.

Cost is estimated at only $375+HST. Includes lodging and boat charters.

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